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More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

Release Date:

03/23/2015

... matter most for children to become successful adults? How and when do we develop them? How do we measure them? ... many things that the team’s work has revealed is that much of the growing...

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Elliott S. Fisher Joins Fannie E. Rippel Foundation Board

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03/01/2012

... member and active advisor of the Foundation’s ReThink Health initiative, Dr. Fisher is a professor at the Dartmouth ... Health and Policy at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Care...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

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Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

... that is both fairer and more effective, and one that will reduce recidivism and improve the prospects of ... through the criminal justice system, but not mandated by it . Neither should the criminal justice...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

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02/17/2017

... for Philanthropy (CCP) announces that Karla Fortunato will be its new president, effective May 1. Fortunato comes to CCP after 13 years at the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), a national .....

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Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity? By ... July. After reading these proposed goals , we ask, how will the Cultural Plan fulfill Mayor de Blasio’s pledge ... two different...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Lambent Foundation

NYSHealth Foundation Commits $2 Million for COVID-19 Response Efforts

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04/13/2020

... and relief efforts throughout New York State. Grants will include contributions to numerous regional response ... David Sandman, Ph.D. , President and CEO of NYSHealth. “ It ’s never been more important for us...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Launches Campaign for Greater Investments in Santa Clara County’s Youngest Residents

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01/03/2020

... for young children. The Choose Children campaign will engage and educate candidates for the Santa Clara County ... forums and provide a clear set of policy priorities on how the next District 3 supervisor can...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis

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01/14/2021

... from its beginnings and throughout these last four years. It also casts a light on what we witnessed yesterday: A ... too unevenly, all too imperfectly—and at far too high a cost —we, the people, have struggled...

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Ford Foundation

27 Feb 2014

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, February 27, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements ... and relationships of numbers. A brief history of GAAP, as it applies to Not-for-Profit organizations, will also be presented...

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Philanthropy Delaware Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer, Tynetta Brown

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10/26/2020

... to serve as CEO, effective November 9, 2020. Ms. Brown will work to expand philanthropic awareness in Delaware, ... have access to national best practices and philanthropic resources . She will...

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Practices That Put Your Expertise Into Play

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10/16/2018

... Jan Jaffe, Senior Partner of The Giving Practice Learning how practitioners work well when philanthropy is trying to do its best has been an obsession of mine for decades. It started at the Ford Foundation...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

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04/23/2015

... Business A variety of simultaneous trends are keeping more Americans in the workforce longer, and a newly published ... not only encourage that trend but think differently about how older workers can most...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Aging

Workforce Development

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Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access

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06/20/2014

... West Virginia, and Indiana provide the worst, pretty much across each of the five main indicators in the survey. ... long-term care insurance coverage to the quality and cost of nursing homes...

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Aging

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The Commonwealth Fund

09 Feb 2023

Global Hunger Crisis: Risk of Famine in the Horn of Africa - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, February 9, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... World Food Programme predicts that as many as 345 million will face acute hunger in 2023. The Center for Disaster ... learn? At the end of the webinar, funders will : Understand how global...

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Arcus Foundation Supporting Community Visions of Safety and Justice for LGBTQ People

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07/12/2021

... Groups in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda will receive funding for anti-violence education; community ... LGBTQ movements in the Caribbean for two decades, will use Arcus funds...

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LGBTQ

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COF 2.0: Is This What The Field of Philanthropy Really Needs?

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08/21/2013

... anniversary of the economic correction and reflect on how much the landscape has changed for the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, it is important to consider whether grantmakers fully ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Clark Foundation

13 Sep 2012

--POSTPONED-- Innovative Action: Promising New Initiatives to Stop HIV Transmission

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... timely medical care and related support. The NYC Health Department and its community partners have integrated ... records and community based research are playing a role in how New York City...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

... finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ... conditions that don’t ever need emergency treatment, and cost much more...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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JPMorgan Chase Makes $50 Million Philanthropic Investment to Help Address Immediate and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19

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03/18/2020

... philanthropic commitment to address the immediate public health and long-term economic challenges from the COVID-19 global pandemic. Funds will support communities and people hit hardest by this ... like...

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